Shute Shield Round 13A Review

West Harbour v Parramatta

It is never an easy task to secure an away win in front of a passionate Merrylands crowd but that didn’t deter a fired up Wests team who seemed determined to make Parra hurt. Despite the hosts  getting 30 points on the board, their defence was simply shrugged off by the Pirates’ powerful forwards and quick outside backs, who soaked up the atmosphere and channelled it into an 11-try, 67 – 31 victory over Parra, showing why they are a top tier team in 2013.

West Harbour 67 (Alofa Alofa 2, Jack Debreczeni, Tito Mua,  Henry Seavula 3, Shaun Treweek 2,  David Lolohea, Nua Alone tries; Andrew Sawala 4 cons, Jack Debreczeni 2 cons) d Parramatta 31 (Damien Fakafanua, Myles Hunkin, Lui Sakaria, Moses Tavola, William Tuitulupu tries; Tom Woods 3 cons)

Northern Suburbs v Penrith (rescheduled Round 12 match)

In today’s rescheduled Round 12 match at North Sydney, Norths were back in action, this time against against Penrith.  Despite having played less than 24 hours earlier, the home side showed no signs of fatigue, dominating the entire 80 minutes and scoring seven tries to rack up a 52-point tally. In their typical ‘never say die’ fashion, Penrith managed to put a try on the home team, with centre Henry Lilomaiava crossing for a try, converted by young colt Lachlan Fox, to take the final score to 52-7 to Norths.

Northern Suburbs 52 (Elih Baillie, Jac Cameron, Michael Dowsett, Ben Matwijow, Will Miller, Pat Sio, Liam Windon tries; Scott Daruda 4 cons, 3 pens) d Penrith 7 (Henry Lilomaiava try; Lachlan Fox con)

Shute Shield ladder after round 13A

Team P W D L F A Df BP 4t BP <7p BP Pts Eastwood 13 10 1 2 497 234 263 9 2 11 53 Sydney University 12 9 0 3 376 204 172 8 2 10 46 West Harbour 13 9 0 4 378 406 -28 9 0 9 45 Southern Districts 12 9 0 3 350 221 129 4 2 6 42 Manly 13 8 1 4 383 294 89 8 0 8 42 Eastern Suburbs 12 7 0 5 310 289 21 5 2 7 35 Randwick 12 5 0 7 345 301 44 6 2 8 28 Northern Suburbs 12 5 0 7 251 253 -2 4 2 6 26 Parramatta 13 5 0 8 370 476 -106 6 0 6 26 Warringah 12 4 0 8 332 366 -34 4 3 7 23 Gordon 13 2 0 11 238 414 -176 2 2 4 12 Penrith 11 0 0 11 148 520 -372 2 1 3 3  P=Played   W=Wins   D=Draws   L=Losses   F=Points For   A=Points Against   Df=Points Difference   BP 4t=Four Tries   BP <7p=Close Losses   BP=Total Bonus Points   Pts=Ladder Points

[tps_footer]Words by Nathan Roye, photos by www.seiserphotography.com.au[/tps_footer]